This isn't the same but I pick up sample bags of dog food & give em to the people panhandling that have dogs...I specially feel sorry for those poor dogs sitting w/owners on freeway entrances..those I add a bottle of water. If the people are hungry enough they can snack on the kibbles...Us kids used to chow down on em & we turned out ok..well...hmmm :roll: anyways I don't like animals to suffer! Jody

This isn't the same but I pick up sample bags of dog food & give em to the people panhandling that have dogs...I specially feel sorry for those poor dogs sitting w/owners on freeway entrances..those I add a bottle of water. If the people are hungry enough they can snack on the kibbles...Us kids used to chow down on em & we turned out ok..well...hmmm :roll: anyways I don't like animals to suffer! Jody

While on our evacuation vacation in Ms, my wife came back in after a little shopping with three icing covered doggie biscuit/cookies, that I of course had to try, weren't bad, woof, woof...

Yeah, It burns me when people begging for money turn down a meal. Some guy was asking for money for a phone call, and when I offered him a cheeseburger he snorted and walked away!

The nerve!

:-D

They can Buy booze or drugs with the money but a meal only keeps them alive. Who want's to eat when they can tie one on?I too, always offer a meal or food from my grocery bag, I figure if they won't accept that they're committing fraud.

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Life is a school. What have you learned? :brian: The greatest danger to our society is apathy, vote in every election!

Yeah, she sent me to Jerrymac house training school, guarenteed to be whipped in two days or your money back, didn't work, maybe next time. :-D

I'm the head of this house hold.

My wife gave me permission to say that :-D

A good wife lets us think we run the entire show, not too macho to say that, its the dang truth, now I know little John would tussle with me on this one, they can make our lives wonderful or miserable they really do have the power, but my wife will tell you I put up a good fight! ;)

I know this was a joke, but on a sidenote, I have less of a problem with people stealing food if they are in need, starving is a wicked motivator.

One of my uncles was in New York yrs ago and a street person asked him for money near a hot dog stand.

My uncle says, I don't have money to give you but will buy you a hot dog, so the person concedes.

My uncle hands him the hot dog and the person hands it right back, my uncle says, is there something wrong?

Guy says, its got mustard on it, I hate mustard, and he moves on!!

Its nice to be kind at heart, but people don't give your hard earned money away to those that may wind up buying beer or their next fix with it.

Sad, but true.

...JP

JP, what's sadder, is that bum likely wasn't going to just buy his next fix, but probably made more money bumming, than your father and you both make working. Just think how many people stop to give them money every hour, and how many of them are giving them $5 and $10 at a time, and you'll see they easily make $30-50 an hour.

Back when I lived in Washington state, KOMO news did an expose' story on them... and found that most of them were actually living in mansions, and just bummed a few months a year to pay for their nice lifestyle. The rest are junkies, but after watching that, I'd rather give my money to the junkies than the others.